SARTON, MAYCollection of seven manuscript poems (Cambridge), 1930. Small octavo. 6ff. Group of seven manuscript love poems written by Sarton and presented as a Christmas gift to her teacher, Anne Longfellow Thorp. Four of these poems were published in the December, 1930 issue of Poetry magazine -- Sarton's first appearance in print. The four poems, which were grouped under the title "Words on the Wind," bear some subtle textual differences from this manuscript: in "First Love," a "moon-blind" found in the manuscript is changed to "snow-blind"; a repeating motif in "Let No Wind Come" is changed so that "Only a moth's wing beating at the core" becomes "Only a moth's heart beating at the core." Perhaps the most interesting revision occurs toward the end of "They Also." The line about a pair of flying geese parting in air "Back to his separate skin, his human feather" is changed in the published version to read "Back to his separate skin, his meager feather," thus pushing the metaphor a little further and leaving the reader to intuit the connection. Evidence that Sarton was working on this small gift book in late November is borne out by a letter to her parents on the 30th, in which she requests "bright blue Japanese paper for mounting... about twelve sheets of that beautiful Italian paper for my poetry books." She then outlines the design for the book: "I'm using the bird as endpaper and the peacock as frontispiece. The cover will be very plain with no design." In the end, though, she would use the linocut of the peacock -- printed in blue and orange -- on the front cover. The granddaughter of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thorp taught at Shady Hill School, and she and Sarton became lifelong friends. Sarton's 1985 novel The Magnificent Spinster was based on Thorp's life. Fragile blue paper wrappers show chipping and are split along the spine fold; internally very fine.

DEREME, TristanCaprice Paris: Emile-Paul Freres. (1930). First. First edition. Frontispiece by Daragnes. Text in French. Printed blue wrappers. Wrappers tanned, slight splits along the edge of the spine, a very good copy. Copy number 9 of 20 copies on Japon Imperial. Additionally this copy Signed by Dereme with a handwritten six-line poem. .

Cummings, Ray[mond King]THE SEA GIRL Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co.,. 1930. original yellow-orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown.. Owner's name and address in ink on front free endpaper. Slight spine. lean, light wear to cloth at head and tail of spine panel and corner. tips, a bit of patchy discoloration to cloth (a dye problem common to. this binding, not abuse), some light tanning and soiling to edges of. text block, a very good copy in very good, bright four-color. pictorial dust wrapper (reproducing an Argosy cover illustrating the. story painted by Robert A. Graef) with edge wear, shallow fraying. with some loss at lower spine end and corner tips, small chip from. upper edge of rear panel and a bit of associated creasing, 12x45 mm. chip from upper spine end (no loss to spine lettering), and light. dust soiling to spine and rear panels. Overall, an attractive example. of the dust jacket. This book is rarely found in nice condition.. (#105654). First edition. In the 1990s mankind faces annihilation at the hands of an advanced humanoid race dwelling in caverns beneath the Pacific ocean. This novel was first published as a six-part serial in ARGOSY, 2 March - 6 April 1929. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 533. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 227. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 63. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 54. Reginald 03695.

AnonymousWatch Your Margin: An Insider Looks at Wall Street New York: Horace Liveright. 1930. First. First edition. Introduction by W.E. Woodward. A tiny owner's stamp on the front fly, else fine in a modestly rubbed, near fine dustwrapper with tiny nicks and tears, and jacket art by Sugar. Epistolary and practical advice on the stock market, delivered in a series of letters between an uncle and nephew. Very scarce in jacket. .

Winston S. ChurchillMy Early Life, the first edition, first printing inscribed and dated by the author in 1931, housed in a half-morocco preservation case London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good. My Early Life is Churchill&#39;s extremely popular autobiography, covering the years from his birth in 1874 to his first few years in Parliament. This is the first edition, first printing, first state, first binding state, inscribed and dated by Churchill. The inscription in black in three lines on the upper blank endsheet preceding the half-title reads: "Inscribed by / Winston S. Churchill / 1931." When My Early Life was first published in late October 1930, reviewer Sir Harold Nicolson likened it to "a beaker of Champagne". It is widely regarded as among the most engaging and approachable of Churchill&#39;s books. My Early Life has been reprinted many times and signed copies of later editions are often obtainable, but a premium understandably appends to inscribed first editions. Here is the first edition, first printing. Moreover, first state is confirmed by only 11 Churchill titles in the "Works by the Same Author" box on the half-title verso. First binding state is confirmed by coarse cloth with the title and author stamped gilt in three lines on the front cover. The plum colored binding of this edition proved especially susceptible to fading, soiling, and wear; nearly all copies are considerably spine faded, the plum color frequently bleaching nearly white with sun exposure. Moreover, the contents are susceptible to heavy spotting and the binding is often cocked. This is a respectable, if imperfect, example in about very good overall condition. The original, unrestored plum cloth binding remains tight and square with a nicely rounded spine and minor wear primarily confined to the corners and spine ends. The spine retains brightly legible gilt, but is moderately faded and freckled. The front cover is clean and retains bright gilt, but is unevenly faded on three edges clearly due to being left exposed to sunlight with another book or rectangular object covering the majority of the cover. The rear cover remains bright with only light soiling at the edges. The lower corners are bumped. The inscription page shows only light spotting. The inscription itself remains unfaded. Ink from "1931" and the three dots from the lower case "i" in "Inscribed" "Winston" and "Churchill" have bled slightly onto the facing page, nicely confirming what we already know - that this volume&#39;s endpapers are original. The balance of the contents are in very good condition, particularly for an edition that proved prone to pervasive spotting. The contents remain respectably bright. Light spotting within is substantially confined to the prelims and index. We find no previous ownership bookplates or inscriptions. The sole interior mark appears to be that made by the author. Moderate page edge spotting only occasionally intrudes onto the inner page margins. The top edge is lightly dust soiled and all three edges show some age-toning. The book is protected in a new custom, half-morocco clamshell case commissioned by us from a talented, sole-proprietor UK binder. The leather is hand-dyed dark plum with raised spine bands, extensive gilt decoration, and an acid-neutral archival inner lining. The case spine is stamped "INSCRIBED" at the foot and is quite handsome on the shelf. Bibliographic reference: Cohen A91.1.a, Woods/ICS A37(aa), Langworth p.131.

Russ, Richard Patrick & O&#39;Brian, PatrickCAESAR THE LIFE STORY OF A PANDA LEOPARD Published by G.P. Putnam&#39;s Sons, 1930. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Rountree, Harry. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. This is Patrick O&#39;Brian&#39;s first book, written when he was still in school, under his old name &#39;Patrick Russ&#39;. Red cloth with green titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Caesar is a cub in the Tibetan forests; it follows his early wild life, how he became an orphan and also tells of his capture and taming. Covers unevenly faded with a few light marks. A few pale foxspots to prelims and last few pages. Else a clean copy. [S]

Munn, Glenn GMeeting The Bear Market: How to prepare for the coming Bull Market Harper & Brothers, 1930-01-01. Hardcover. Good. First edition, first printingin scarce original jacket. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1930. 276 pp. First edition, first printing, first issue jacket. (Stated "First Edition" on copyright page.) About Good hardcover in Good+ dust jacket. Text free of marks and plates, etc. Not an ex-library copy! Light wrinkling to bottom of pages, not affecting text. Cloth discolored, paste downs dampstained. Lettering rubbed. Jacket shows a bit of dampstaining transfer of red dye around the bottom edges of the front and back panels, mostly on the verso. Pen mark on front panel, wear at head, rubbing and light soiling. Price intact ($2.50). Jacket is mylar-protected.A good example of the very scarce dust jacket of this long out-of-print investing book.

Whitney, RichardThe Work of the New York Stock Exchange in the Panic of 1929 Boston Association of Stock Exchange Firms, Boston, MA, U.S.A. 1930 - Softcover, saddle stitched, gray card wrappers with black title to cover, an address delivered by Richard Whitney (President of the New York Stock Exchange) before the Boston Association of Stock Market Firms, at the Algonquin Club, Boston, Massachusetts, June 10, 1930, 29 pp., Book Condition: Very Good, covers rubbed and light soil, general wear to edges, corners bumped, internally clean and unmarked, Contents: Here's a brief passage from the beginning of the book -- Gentlemen: I very deeply appreciate the compliment which you have paid me by inviting me to talk here tonight. I trust, however, that my presence as a former resident of Boston, may not be construed as the return of a prodigal son, even though I may seem deliberately to have courted the danger of creating such an impression by selecting as the subject of my remarks the stock market panic of last autumn. Boston has sometimes been accused of having caused all the trouble - a view which has largely arisen, I believe, from the startling prophecies made by a local financial soothsayer. I thoroughly realize the grave perils of attempting to deal with future events, and therefore, I intend to confine my remarks wholly to the past, in describing certain episodes of the panic as they appeared at the time to the administration of the New York Stock Exchange. II. The decline in share prices which ended in the panic began as early as mid-September. At first, however, the movement contained no suggestion of panic whatsoever. The volume of trading on the Exchange was active, but not at all out of hand. The downward trend of stock prices was gradual and several time interrupted by brisk rallies. Many people at the time complacently characterized this lower drift of prices as "a healthy reaction" or "a creeping bear market" - phrases wich in later weeks assumed a most unpopular and horrid significance. -- end. 29 pp., An EXTREMELY SCARCE 1930 TITLE on the 1929 CRASH, Highly Collectible. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

ABC MANUSCRIPT - ABC. ABC MANUSCRIPT by Helen Belkin. No date, circa 1930. This is an amazing original ABC manuscript presented on 27 large pieces of artist board (one for each letter plus a dedication page). Each piece measures 14" wide x 18", housed in a black folder in overall fine condition. Each board has calligraphic text in rhyme using large letters above which is a large and charming full color illustration to accompany the letter. Bold primay colors are used against a grid background giving it the feel of an old fashioned sampler. "O" is for Oven / where goodies are made. / "P" is for Parrot, red, yellow and jade." Done by a very talented amateur, this is a wonderful manuscript alphabet.

Winston S. ChurchillMy Early Life London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good. This is the British first edition, first printing, first state of Churchill&#39;s extremely popular autobiography, covering the years from his birth in 1874 to his first few years in Parliament. The plum colored binding of this edition proved especially susceptible to fading, soiling, and wear; nearly all copies are considerably spine faded. Moreover, the contents are susceptible to heavy spotting and the binding is often cocked. This helps explain why so many first editions of this book have been torn apart and rebound. Finding superior copies in unrestored, original bindings is increasingly challenging. Here is one in very good plus condition. First state of the first printing is confirmed by the presence of only 11 Churchill titles listed on the half-title verso. This binding is smooth cloth with five lines on the front cover. (Note that the first edition, first printing is characterized by variations including both smooth and coarse cloth bindings, with either three or five line titles on the front cover.) The plum cloth binding is square and tight, retaining sharp corners and showing only trivial hints of soiling and wear. Spine presentation is notable for the edition. The spine remains nicely rounded with bright gilt and only mild sunning. The contents remain atypically bright and clean for the edition. We find no internal spotting. The sole previous ownership mark we find is an inked previous owner name and street address on the first free endpaper. The title page and dedication page leaves remain uncut. Modest spotting is confined to the page edges, with light dust soiling to the top edge. The book is protected in a removable, clear mylar cover. Bibliographic reference: Cohen A91.1.b, Woods/ICS A37(aa), Langworth p.131.

Winston S. ChurchillMy Early Life London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good. This is Churchill&#39;s extremely popular autobiography, covering the years from his birth in 1874 to his first few years in Parliament. This is the British first edition, first printing. The plum colored binding of this edition proved especially susceptible to fading, soiling, and wear; nearly all copies are considerably spine faded, the plum color frequently bleaching nearly white with sun exposure. Moreover, the contents are susceptible to heavy spotting and the binding is often cocked. That&#39;s why so many first editions of this book have been torn apart and rebound. Finding respectable copies in unrestored, original bindings is increasingly challenging. This binding is coarse cloth with five lines on the front cover. (Note that the publisher&#39;s first edition, first printing is characterized by variations including both smooth and coarse cloth bindings, with either three or five line titles on the front cover.) This is the second state of the first printing, with 12 Churchill titles listed on the half-title verso. Condition is very good. The plum cloth binding is square and tight. Spine presentation is quite good for the edition; the spine is only modestly sunned, retaining good, uniform color and bright spine gilt. The binding is unusually clean, particularly for a coarse cloth variant example, showing only very slight shelf wear and very light soiling. The contents are unusually clean; we find no spotting either internally or on the page ends. The contents are bright with no internal spotting. We note a single previous owner&#39;s name inked to the upper right ffep. The page edges show light spotting and the top edge some dust soiling. We found within a note from 1970 from the previous owner to the bookseller from whom this copy was purchased and have left this in the book. Bibliographic reference: Cohen A91.1.c, Woods/ICS A37(aa), Langworth p.131.

SEUSS,DRFOILED BY ESSOLUBE: A JIG-SAW MELODRAMA 1930. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. FOILED BY ESSOLUBE: A JIG-SAW MELODRAMA by DR. SEUSS. This is a marvelous large 150 piece full color jig-saw puzzle, circa 1930's COMPLETE IN ITS ORIGINAL PICTORIAL ENVELOPE! Both the puzzle and the envelope are in nice condition Pictured in the puzzle are three people in a car successfully fighting off the Zero-doccus, the Karbo-nockus, the Moto-munchus, the Oilio-gobelus and the Moto-raspus with the caption reading "Foiled by Essolube." The envelope is illustrated in black line and on the back, the cast of characters is explained. Measuring 17" wide by 11 1/2" high, this is a fantastic Seuss item. See Dr. Seuss From Then To Now p.22 for color photo.

James Henry BreastedThe Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, Published in Facsimile and Hieroglyphic Transliteration with Translation and Commentary, In Two Volumes (Volume I-Hieroglyphic Transliteration, Translation and Commentary; Volume II-Facsimile Plates and Line for Line Hieroglyphic Transliteration) The University of Chicago Press, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Issued without dustjackets. Signed by the author. Complete two volume set, signed by James Breasted on a special Kroch&#39;s Bookstore bookplate to Dr. Max Thorek. Dr. Thorek&#39;s innovative surgical techniques and practices are still widely used in surgery today, and he was also the founder of Thorek Memorial Hospital, still in operation in Chicago&#39;s Uptown neighborhood. Spines a bit rubbed and darkened, with wear to the edges and corners & light soiling to the covers. Text & plates clean & unmarked.

[PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] O^bayashi GumiTOKYO GEKIJO 1930. Paperback. Very Good. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] Obayashi Gumi. TOKYO GEKIJO. Osaka, Showa 5 [1930]. Large 8vo., wrappers, illustrated with photos throughout, along with many plans. A visual and textual discussion of Shochiku's TOKYO THEATRE, a large Western-style building designed for the performance of Kabuki, one of several Kabuki theatres in Tokyo which provided venues for Shochiku's near monopoly of traditional theatre at the time. Interestingly enough, the TOKYO THEATRE was the only one of Shochiku's venues to survive the war and became the center of Kabuki production during the Occupation. The Obayashi Gumi which built the theatre and published this guide, survives today as one of the major contractors in Japan. Very good condition throughout with slight soiling to the covers.

[Aviation]. Aircraft Markings N.p., (1930). (28)ff. An informative watercolor manuscript describing the wing and rudder markings of aircraft from the United States, Latin America, Asia, and Europe. Most of the markings date from around the end of World War I, charting the rise of military aviation. The wing marking included under the description "U.S.A. Navy" is the first National Aircraft Insignia for Naval aircraft, which was only used from 1917 to 1918. The symbol was then changed to resemble the markings of the other Allied Powers and to distinguish itself from the enemy. Interestingly, no markings are included from countries within the Central Powers. The illustrations and miniscule text have been executed with military-like precision. A fascinating view into the history of aviation, bound in full vellum. Front endpaper is detatched and cover shows slight soiling; else near fine. (3 by 2 1/4; 76x57mm).

FERBER, EdnaCimarron Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company. 1930. First. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a small scrape at the top of the front panel. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication: "Inscribed for Alice Fells. Edna Ferber. April 1930." A novel of frontier life in Oklahoma. Wesley Ruggles directed the 1931 film starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne, in her first major role, as a couple who brave the Oklahoma Land Rush (one of the greatest western scenes ever filmed) and then help settle the territory. It was an early winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, and screenwriter Howard Estabrook also won an Oscar. A very nice copy, and uncommon signed. .

Winston S. ChurchillMy Early Life, inscribed and dated pre-publication to Lord Beaverbrook, housed in a half-morocco preservation case London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good. This first edition, first printing, is inscribed and dated six days prior to publication on the ffep. The unusually personal inscription inked in black in four lines on the ffep reads: "To Max / from / Winston / Oct 14. 1930". Confirmed by his bookplate, the inscription is to Lord Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken (1879-1964, Knighted 1911, created Baron Beaverbrook 1917). Churchill met Beaverbrook in 1911. Their association proved lifelong, close, sometimes frictional, and both personal and professional. A dynamic young Canadian millionaire, Beaverbrook moved to England in 1910. Already a Member of Parliament in 1911, Beaverbrook quickly became both a force in Tory politics and a newspaper mogul. During and between two World Wars Churchill was supported by Beaverbrook, beset by him, employed by him, served in the Government with him, or some combination of the above. Their friendship lasted more than 50 years until Beaverbrook&#39;s death, less than a year before Churchill&#39;s own. Beaverbrook was one of the three close Churchill friends dubbed with some disapproval by Churchill&#39;s wife the "three Bs" - including Bracken and Birkenhead. Like Churchill, Beaverbrook was intelligent, opinionated, energetic, ambitious, and polarizing. A formidable friend, he defended Churchill after the WWI Dardanelles disaster. But just a few years after this book was inscribed their friendship suffered its greatest strain. During the 1930s Beaverbrook shared "the almost unanimous conviction of England&#39;s ruling classes that Winston exaggerates the Nazi menace". Beaverbrook opposed and belittled Churchill to the point of cruelty, calling his friend a "busted flush" and mocking his exclusion from Tory leadership. Churchill wrote a widely syndicated biweekly column for Beaverbrook&#39;s Evening Standard. But at the same time, Beaverbrook&#39;s famous cartoonist - Low - savaged Churchill. Beaverbrook fired Churchill after Munich for stridently opposing appeasement - both a financial blow and a lost rostrum. Beaverbrook then published news of Churchill&#39;s financial distress. Nonetheless, when Churchill returned to the Admiralty, he advocated to bring Beaverbrook into the Government. When Churchill became Prime Minister, Beaverbrook became Minister of Aircraft Production - despite the King&#39;s explicit reservations - and later Minister of Supply and Minister for Production. Beaverboook accompanied WSC on wartime visits to Roosevelt and led a British delegation to the Soviet Union, but resigned in 1942, precipitated by dissatisfaction with reconstruction of the Government. Churchill wrote to him: "We have lived & fought side by side through terrible days, & I am sure our comradeship & public work will undergo no break." and concluded "I am always yr affectionate friend." Beaverbrook continued to encourage and defend Churchill throughout the war and beyond. When Beaverbrook died, Churchill&#39;s secretary wrote privately "Sir Winston was deeply and obviously moved at Lord Beaverbrook&#39;s death, and in the last years no-one had been closer to him." Churchill&#39;s inscription is in excellent condition, the ink only modestly age faded and the page only slightly toned. The book itself is in very good condition. The original coarse cloth binding is square, clean, and tight with bright boards but with some of the spine sunning endemic to this edition, an unobtrusive glue repair to the cloth at the foot of the spine, and light wear to the lower rear hinge. The contents are bright and clean. Beaverbrook&#39;s armorial bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown, with loss at the edges from an apparent and thankfully aborted effort to remove it. The joints have been skillfully reinforced. Moderate spotting is confined to the page edges. The book is protected in a custom, half-morocco clamshell case in hand-dyed dark plum with raised spine bands and extensive gilt decoration. Bibliographic reference: Cohen A91.1.c, Woods/ICS A37(aa), Langworth p.131.

Woolf, VirginiaBeau Brummell, signed New York: Rimington & Hooper. 1930. Limited ed. Hardcover. Very Good +. Limited edition, number 472 of 550 copies signed by Woolf in her signature purple ink. 1930. Hardcover folio, 8pp. Designed and embellished by W. A. Dwiggins in several colors. Very good plus with some sunning to the spine, small spot on each cover, an occasional mere hint of foxing. Housed in a good slipcase which has been repaired with painted Japanese paper around the edges, has light scratching and shelfwear soil. Peacock appears on both the cover and the slipcase. Scarce Woolf signature with clean, unmarked contents.